Bandage with adhesive free areas



Feb. 8, 1966 F. SCALER, JR

BANDAGE WITH ADHESIVE FREE AREAS Filed NOV. 19, 1962 W" R mo NE WA m 5 KN m F A 7' TOP/VEVS United States Patent F This invention relates tosurgical bandages and more.

particularly to a bandage which is adapted to be applied very easily toparts of the body without applying adhesive tape directly to the skin. i

The application of surgical dressings to body wounds is often a timeconsuming task particularly in the treatment of burn cases and the likewhere it is necessary to employ bandaging techniques which do notrequire the direct application of adhesive material to the patientsskin. Thus, the person applying the dressing may provide a verysatisfactory dressing by successively applying a pluralitygof materials,such as, gauze pads, wrapping strips, and finally adhesive, but theprocedure requires such a large number of steps and selection ofdifferent materials that excessive time is thereby consumed; doctors aredelayed, and other patients are kept waiting.

It is ar object of this invention to provide surgical bandages which maybe applied to parts of the body very rapidly and will form secure andeffective bandages.

It is another object of the invention to provide such bandages which canbe applied to a patient without applying any adhesive materials directlyto the patients skin.

It is another object of the invention to provide such bandages which canbe prepared very economically by surgical supply houses so that they canbe available in large quantity in hospitals and doctors oflices wherethe time saved with efiicient bandaging operations may be very valuable.

It is another object of the invention to provide such a bandage which isvery versatile in its uses in order that it will be practical to keepbandages available for immediate use when the occasions for their usearise.

Other bbjects and advantages of the invention will become apparent fromthe following description read in conjunction with the attached drawingsin which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bandage constructed in accordance with thisinvention;

FIG. 2 is an edge view of the bandage of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating the manner of application of thebandage of FIGS, 1 and 2 to a patients arm for instance; and

FIG. 4 is an edge view of the bandage of FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrating themanner in which the bandage is prefolded and packaged in accordance withthis invention so that the bandage may be used most efficiently.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the bandage illustrated thereincomprises an elongated strip of surgical dressing cloth having asurgical dressing pad 12 attached thereto at a position where the pad 12divides the strip 10 into a short portion 14 at one end of the strip anda long portion 16 at the other end of the strip. The pad 12 may beformed of any desired surgical dressing material, such as layered gauzewhich is either treated or untreated as desired, and the strip 10 may beformed of the same or different surgical material but is preferablyformed of the specially woven gauges which are conforming, that is whichare sufliciently flexible to permit them to be wrapped aroundnon-cylindrical members. The pad 12 may be attached to the strip 10 'byany means which the surgical supply house prefers, as for instance bythe application of adhesive to the back of the pad 12.

As can be best seen from FIGS. 1 and 2, two patches of adhesive material18 and 20 are applied to the strip 10 in selected areas of the shortportion 14 and long portion 3,233,608 Patented Feb. 8, 1966 16respectively. The adhesive patch 18 is applied to the opposite side ofthe strip 10 from the pad 12, and the adhesive patch 20 is applied tothe same side of the strip 10 as the patch 12. As indicated in FIG. 3,the positioning of the two patches of adhesive 18 and 20 in this mannerpermits the bandage to be wrapped very effectively around a patients armor the like with the adhesive patch 18 holding the first turn of thebandage in place while the remainder of the bandage is wrapped and withthe adhesive patch 20 holding the outermost turn of the bandage inplace. In this" regard, the bandage may be made in a number of differentlengths depending upon the part of the body to which'it is intended tobe applied, but regardless of the length of the bandage, the bandage isheld together effectively by the two adhesive patches 18 and 20 Withoutrequiring the direct application of any adhesive material to thepatients skin.

As indicated in FIG. 4, the bandage is pre-folded and packaged to permitits very rapid use in applying it to a wound. Thus, the long and shortportions 16 and 14 respectively of the strip 10 are folded in apluralityof accordion folds to thereby form a pile made of a plurality ofsuperposed and connected layers of the strip 10 with the pad 12positioned on one end of the pile and with the short portion 14 of thestrip 10 extending along one side of the pile and forming the layer 22of the pile which is on the opposite end of the pile from the pad 12. Inthis folded arrangement of the bandage, the two adhesive patches 18 and20 are positioned in the pile of accordion folds so that they contactadjacent layers of the pile which do not carry adhesive so that theadhesive patches may be separated from the pile easily. The entirebandage, folded as indicated in FIG. 4, is enclosed in. a sterileenvelope which is indicated schematically at 24; obviously, the envelopehas a thin dimension along the length of the pile of bandage but isillustrated in enlarged condition to facilitate illustration of thefolding of the bandage.

When the bandage is kept available at a dressing station in the packagedcondition illustrated in FIG. 4, it may be applied very rapidly andefficiently to a wound which is to be dressed. Thus, the bandage may beremoved from the envelope and the gauze pad 12 placed on the woundbefore the unfolding of the strip 10 is started. With the pad 12 inplace on the wound, the short portion 14 of the strip may be removedfrom the accordion folded pile and held at one side of the wound whilethe long portion 16 of the strip is wound around the patients arm or thelike to bring it in contact with the adhesive patch 18. In this regard,it should be noted that it is desirable to space the adhesive patch 18slightly inwardly from its adjacent end of the strip 10 to provide anon-adhesive end portion on the strip which may be grasped and heldwhile the first turn of the bandage is made. Once the first turn of thebandage is made around the patient and adhesively secured to the patch18, the remaining turns of the bandage may be made very simply, and theupper turn may be secured in place by pressing the adhesive patch 20onto the outermost turn of the bandage.

While one specific embodiment of this invention has been illustrated anddescribed in detail herein it is obvious that many modifications thereofmay be made without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention.

I claim:

1. A folded bandage adapted to be applied easily to parts of the bodywhich comprises an elongated strip of surgical dressing having first andsecond ends and first and second side faces extending between said ends,a surgical dressing pad attached to said strip on said first facethereof adjacent to said first end, a patch of adhesive materialattached to said strip on said second face thereof adjacent to saidfirst end, and a second patch of adhesive material attached to saidstrip on said first face thereof adjacent to said second end with saidstrip folded in a series of accordion folds with said strip defining apile of connected superposed layers with said pad on one end of saidpile and with said patches of adhesive material on layers of said pileand contacting adjacent layers which do not carry adhesive material.

2. A folded bandage adapted to be applied easily to parts of the bodywhich comprises an elongated strip of surgical dressing having first andsecond ends and first and second side faces extending between said ends,a surgical dressing pad attached to said strip on said first facethereof at a position defining a short portion of said strip betweensaid pad and said first end of said strip and a long portion of saidstrip between said pad and said second end of said strip with said longportion being at least twice as long as said short portion, a firstpatch of adhesive material attached to said second face of said strip insaid short portion thereof, and a second patch of adhesive materialattached to said first face of said strip adjacent to said second end ofsaid strip, said strip being folded in a series of accordion foldsdefining a pile of connected superposed layers of said strip with saidpad on one end of said pile and with said patches of adhesive materialon layers of said pile and contacting adjacent layers which do not carryadhesive material, and with said short portion of said strip extendingfrom said pad along the side of said pile and forming the layer of said4 pile which is on the opposite end of said pile from said pad.

3. A folded bandage adapted to be applied easily to parts of the bodywhich comprises an elongated strip of surgical dressing and a surgicalpad attached to said strip intermediate of the ends of said strip anddividing said strip into a short portion between said pad and one endofsaid strip and a long portion between said pad and the other end of saidstrip with said long portion being at least twice as long as said shortportion, said strip being folded in a series of accordion folds defininga pile of connected superposed layers of said strip with said pad on oneend of said pile and with said short portion of said strip-extendingfrom said pad along the side of said pile and forming the layer of saidpile which is on the opposite end of said pile from said pad.

References Cited by the Examiner I UNITED STATES PATENTS 688,354 12/1901Sonneborn 128t167 X 866,666 9/1907 Mace 12 8169 2,815,752 12/1957 Forman128170 FOREIGN PATENTS 370,222 12/1906 France.

RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner. I JORDAN FRANKLIN, Examiner,

1. A FOLDED BANDAGE ADAPTED TO BE APPLIED EASILY TO PARTS OF THE BODYWHICH COMPRISES AN ELONGATED STRIP OF SURGICAL DRESSING HAVING FIRST ANDSECOND ENDS AND FIRST AND SECOND SIDE FACES EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ENDS,A SURGICAL DRESSING PAD ATTACHED TO SAID STRIP ON SAID FIRST FACETHEREOF ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST END, A PATCH OF ADHESIVE MATERIALATTACHED TO SAID STRIP ON SAID SECOND FACE THEREOF ADJACENT TO SAIDFIRST END, AND A SECOND PATCH OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL ATTACHED TO SAIDSTRIP ON SAID FIRST FACE THEREOF ADJACENT TO SAID SECOND END WITH SAIDSTRIP FOLDED IN A SERIES OF ACCORDION FOLDS WITH SAID STRIP DEFINING APILE OF CONNECTED SUPERPOSED LAYERS WITH SAID PAD ON ONE END OF SAIDPILE AND WITH SAID PATCHES OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL ON LAYERS OF SAID PILEAND CONTACTING ADJACENT LAYERS WHICH DO NOT CARRY ADHESIVE MATERIAL.